WOL possible?

Rösti

I'm wondering why SME grade network device (FLEX700H) while having cloud features here and there has no basic GUI-function like Wake On Lan with a click of a button? And for some older devices there is a list of configuration you have to do to simply send a magic packet.

Zyxel_Melen

Hi @Rösti

If your scenario is to wake up PC that cross the site-to-site VPN by wake on lan software, you don't need to enable any function, just need to add a static ARP for this client.

Please reference this FAQ to setup the static ARP:

https://community.zyxel.com/en/discussion/30557/how-to-add-static-arp-in-arp-table-to-fulfill-wol-scansion

Rösti

No, the scenario is basically have a (Zyxel) GUI exposed button to send a WOL packet.

The router itself is a client of an IP network, so it is not managing other devices and ARP table might not be static throughout a time. In theory it shall be sufficient knowing MAC address of a to-be-WOLed device to send a local UDP broadcast with magic packet. Is there such a way in GUI/CLI or the only option is a workaround through static ARP and NAT?

Thank you